Weekly Family Food Packages: Food is Medicine

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Food Insecurity, Overweight, Obesity, Cardiometabolic Syndrome

In brief

The specific aims and objectives of this proposal are to: 1. Evaluate a food pantry's weekly food distribution impact on behavioral, social and health outcomes in families. 2. In a subset of families with a child aged 6-17 years, test a pilot intervention offering the following components, with a goal of improving family behavioral, social and health outcomes: 1. Weekly family food packages from the Revere Food Pantry 2. 6-Monthly group sessions that include information on healthy behaviors, chronic disease management and teaching families how to prepare simple recipes based on the food they receive that week from the food pantry.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05640414

Run by

Massachusetts General Hospital

People needed

132

Starts

2023-02-01

Expected to finish

2025-03-03

Last updated by the study team

2025-04-15

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Referral to the food pantry
• Additional inclusion criteria for Group Sessions:
• Family has a child aged 6-17 years

You may not qualify if…

• Not able to speak English or Spanish

Where it is running

• MGH Revere HealthCare Center — Revere, Massachusetts, United States

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